BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:When Mike Yeo was took off the power play everyone rejoiced.......just saying.

Gilles Meloche was a terrible goaltender. There's only room for improvement.

Meloche was actually a pretty good goaltender on some hideous Oakland teams. Not sure what his playing ability has anything to do with his ability to coach. Most successful coaches were journeyman players at best.

When the Pens drafted Fleury I posted here that they should go after then Coyotes goaltending coach Benoit Allaire. He had turned Sean Burke into a Vezina candidate and an All Star as well as Nik Khabibulin. Instead the Rangers snatched him up to work with Henrik Lundqvist, who is now regarded as one of the top goalies in the league. But what do I know?

BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:When Mike Yeo was took off the power play everyone rejoiced.......just saying.

Gilles Meloche was a terrible goaltender. There's only room for improvement.

Meloche was actually a pretty good goaltender on some hideous Oakland teams. Not sure what his playing ability has anything to do with his ability to coach. Most successful coaches were journeyman players at best.

Yeah, there's not always a correlation. However, the lack of progression with every goaltender that's been under his care is enough for me to want him gone - and I've wanted him gone for a while.

"Tomas, I don't think, is in any different boat than he was when he came in here for last season," Bylsma said. "He's a guy who makes our goaltending tandem a very good one. He's going to play games for us, big games for us. He came in and did for us exactly what we signed him for last year.

"Next year, he's not going to get that opportunity [to become the starter] because Marc-Andre Fleury's going to be in net winning hockey games."

"Tomas, I don't think, is in any different boat than he was when he came in here for last season," Bylsma said. "He's a guy who makes our goaltending tandem a very good one. He's going to play games for us, big games for us. He came in and did for us exactly what we signed him for last year.

"Next year, he's not going to get that opportunity [to become the starter] because Marc-Andre Fleury's going to be in net winning hockey games."

This bizarre speech came after Fleury was asked if the coaching staff lost confidence in him. His barely audible "I don't know...Gilles and I had a good talk" comment led the writers to think MAF felt they did.

And then DB comes out with this baffling, Vokoun insulting speech. He (DB) also looked like he was in heavily sedated the entire presser. Maybe it was drugs talking...

"Tomas, I don't think, is in any different boat than he was when he came in here for last season," Bylsma said. "He's a guy who makes our goaltending tandem a very good one. He's going to play games for us, big games for us. He came in and did for us exactly what we signed him for last year.

"Next year, he's not going to get that opportunity [to become the starter] because Marc-Andre Fleury's going to be in net winning hockey games."

llipgh2 wrote:This bizarre speech came after Fleury was asked if the coaching staff lost confidence in him. His barely audible "I don't know...Gilles and I had a good talk" comment led the writers to think MAF felt they did.

And then DB comes out with this baffling, Vokoun insulting speech. He (DB) also looked like he was in heavily sedated the entire presser. Maybe it was drugs talking...

DB's comments are entirely tone deaf. I'm sure there is an ulterior motive, but we're at the point where what you see is what you get. The guy has fallen flat on his face for a few years running now, and he'll turn 29 in 5 months' time.

llipgh2 wrote:This bizarre speech came after Fleury was asked if the coaching staff lost confidence in him. His barely audible "I don't know...Gilles and I had a good talk" comment led the writers to think MAF felt they did.

And then DB comes out with this baffling, Vokoun insulting speech. He (DB) also looked like he was in heavily sedated the entire presser. Maybe it was drugs talking...

DB's comments are entirely tone deaf. I'm sure there is an ulterior motive, but we're at the point where what you see is what you get. The guy has fallen flat on his face for a few years running now, and he'll turn 29 in 5 months' time.

I read some people claiming this was to increase his value or showcase him for a trade (Madden among them -- "shine him up for the shop window").

"So Fleury has been the worst playoff goalie for 4 years now and he largely been average to slightly above average in the regular season since the Cup runs. But now that Bylsma said he is still the #1? I MUST HAVE HIM." - No NHL GM ever

slappybrown wrote:I read some people claiming this was to increase his value or showcase him for a trade (Madden among them -- "shine him up for the shop window").

"So Fleury has been the worst playoff goalie for 4 years now and he largely been average to slightly above average in the regular season since the Cup runs. But now that Bylsma said he is still the #1? I MUST HAVE HIM." - No NHL GM ever

It's not as if these teams don't have people watching the games, or couldn't easily re-watch tape. What Dan Bylsma says in an exit interview is completely irrelevant to his worth on the trade market.

Crankshaft wrote:Why are people so defensive of Tomas Vokoun? People are ready to erect a statue over one playoff run that ended in utter disaster (not his fault).

Because Bylsma basically threw him under the bus in his exit interview. It's not that big of a deal I guess, but it just annoys me I guess. If it wasn't for Vokoun we don't even get out of the first round and Bylsma is for sure canned. Danny Boy should be thanking Vokoun for helping him keep as job as long as he did.